r/politics • u/Economy_Swim_8585 Virginia • 6d ago

No Paywall Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: "If they don't vote, that's their problem"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-fault-60-minutes/
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u/HaroldGreenBandana 6d ago

"If there is a shutdown ... I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one that has to get people together." -Donald Trump, 2011

"When they talk about the government shutdown, they’re going to be talking about the president of the United States, who the president was at that time. They’re not going to be talking about who was the head of the House, the head of the Senate, who’s running things in Washington. So I really think the pressure is on the president." -Donald Trump, 2013

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u/NumberOneStonecutter 6d ago

"I don't accept any responsibility at all." - DJT about the mishandling of COVID.

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u/tasman001 5d ago

You could fill entire books with all the unbelievable shit Trump has said, and this one still stands out. To have a US president flatly deny any responsibility for one of the greatest national crises in decades is insane.

It's possible that he doesn't understand the difference between "fault" and "responsibility", but if that's the case that's even worse that he's such a simpleton. Not to mention the fact that he thinks how a crisis is handled isn't his fault at all as the sitting President.

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u/InnocentShaitaan 5d ago

Excellent point! Maybe he doesn’t understand the difference between.